Boing Boing: I-RSS - an RSS feed for your decisions

Boing Boing: I-RSS - an RSS feed for your decisions
(from BoingBoing)

Popularity Dialer

genius!

Popularity Dialer

"Have you ever been in a situation where you wished your cell phone would ring? Maybe you wanted to look extra important or popular on that hot date. Or maybe you just needed an excuse to escape from an unpleasant meeting.

With "The Popularity Dialer", you can plan ahead. Via a web interface, you can choose to have your phone called at a particular time (or several times). At the elected time, your phone will be dialed and you will hear a prerecorded message that's one half of a conversation. Thus, you will be prompted to have a fake conversation and will easily fool those around you."

Sunday Sundries - Modest Needs�

We've all been here...I found this sentiment behind this effort to be so moving and I wish I could be on the giving end.

"Modest Needs exists:
*To prevent otherwise financially self-sufficient individuals and families from entering the cycle of poverty, when this might be avoided with a small amount of well-timed financial assistance;

*To restore the financial self-sufficiency of individuals who are willing to work but are temporarily unable to do so because they do not have the means to remit payment for a work-related expense; and

*To empower permanently disadvantaged individuals who otherwise live within their limited means to continue to live independently, despite a temporary, unexpected financial set-back."

Sunday Sundries - onBeing - washingtonpost.com

I think it's the voyeur in me that likes these videos so much

onBeing - washingtonpost.com
"onBeing is a project based on the simple notion that we should get to know one another a little better. What you’ll find here is a series of videos that takes you into the musings, passions, histories and quirks of all sorts of people. The essence of who they are, who we are.
There will be a new video every Wednesday, so check back often. In the meantime, feel free to add your thoughts to the comments section and tell us about someone you’d like to see in onBeing. Over time, we should end up with a pretty cool community. "

Sunday Sundries - Goodmagazine - The 51 Best* Magazines Ever

LOVE magazines!
GOOD Magazine | Goodmagazine - The 51 Best* Magazines Ever: "The 51 Best* Magazines Ever
*Smartest, Prettiest, Coolest, Funniest, Most Influential, Most Necessary, Most Important, Most Essential, etc."

Sunday Sundries - lens culture: contemporary photography magazine

lens culture: contemporary photography magazine: "Lens Culture is an international online magazine celebrating contemporary photography, art, media, and world cultures. Lens Culture features the work of photographers from all continents and various points of view: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, lyrical, poetic, personal, abstract, human, and street photography. Discover well-written essays, analysis and criticism about photography and culture, as well as audio interviews with photographers, reviews of exhibitions, and our new section of photo book reviews. Lens Culture attracts visitors from more than 100 countries."

Jott -- Don't Forget -- Login

Jott -- Don't Forget -- Login: "Voice-powered, hands-free Messaging and To Do Lists"

like pinger.com, but different somehow, i think...i'll have to look at them both more carefully. very cool though! and a great option for interoperability of your communications systems.

eFax Free - Receive faxes by email

eFax Free - Receive faxes by email: "With your eFax Free account, you will get a non-local eFax number to receive faxes in your email"

SplashCast: Channel Yourself Across the Web

SplashCast: Channel Yourself Across the Web: "SplashCast enables anyone to create streaming media 'channels' that combine video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds. These user-generated channels can be played and easily syndicated on any web site, blog, or social network page. When channel owners modify their channel, their content is automatically updated across all the web pages 'tuned' to that channel."

Twitter: What are you doing?

Twitter: What are you doing?: "A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, IM, or right here on the web!"

msgr

very cool. this would be great to use for a group project or just for a special event...
"msgr is a web service you can use to create your own instant messenger. Setup a messenger for your group of friends, e-group, orkut community, visitors to your website, or even your intranet!"

Fat Fingers - eBay typos and spelling mistakes

Fat Fingers - eBay typos and spelling mistakes: "Thousands of items on eBay are listed with descriptions containing spelling mistakes. These items often expire with no bids on them as no-one can find them."

Pinger

Pinger About Us: "With Pinger you send voice messages directly to someone instantly--no ringing, no greetings, no lengthy prompts. Pinger is fast and efficient like email, but with your voice. It's mobile like text messaging, but with more personality."

Carbonite

Carbonite.com
Carbonite’s online backup service starts automatically and works quietly and continuously in the background protecting your data. If you’ve accidentally erased something, don’t worry; we’ve still got a copy. You can restore deleted files with just a few clicks on your PC. If your PC crashes, just visit our website to recover lost files.

LII: Search plugins

LII: Search plugins: "Legal Information Institute Search Plugins:
These browser plugins will allow you to search the LII (or parts of it) from your browser. Currently, they work with Firefox (all platforms), Mozilla (all platforms), and any other browser or search service that uses the Apple Sherlock standard"

CrossLoop - Simple Secure Screen Sharing

CrossLoop - Simple Secure Screen Sharing: "CrossLoop is a FREE secure screen sharing utility designed for people of all technical skill levels. CrossLoop extends the boundaries of VNC’s traditional screen sharing by enabling non-technical users to get connected from anywhere on the Internet in seconds without changing any firewall or router settings. It only takes a few minutes to setup and no signup is required."

Joopz

Joopz is a (free!) web-based text messaging service that enables “web texting” – two-way communications from the Web to any mobile phone in the U.S. and Canada... and back!